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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified daring the year,-1908.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis (included in preceding figures). | Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Age—Periods. | River. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | St. George's. | Barrage. | St. Margaret's | Herbert | Glyndon | Central | St. Nicholas. | Eltham. | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North. | South. | ||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 362 | 6 | 89 | 220 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 41 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 33 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 113 | 22 | 321 | |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 596 | 4 | 132 | 372 | 63 | 25 | ... | 17 | 69 | 28 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 93 | 21 | 39 | 71 | 154 | 52 | ... | 515 |
| Typhus ,, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric „ | 19 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| Relapsing,, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued,, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal „ | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 90 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 1074 | 13 | 229 | 602 | 98 | 120 | 12 | 63 | 93 | 54 | 36 | 48 | 53 | 138 | 46 | 70 | 100 | 289 | 84 | 6 | 851 |